Railroad-tie



'M. SZAPIAK.

RAILROAD TIE.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 1, 1920 Patented Dec. 7, 1920.

' rail as shown in Fig. 2.

the like serve to secure one end of the angle UNITED STATES MAX SZAPIAK, OF ST. MICHAEL, PENNSYLVANIA.

RAILROAD-TIE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. '7, 1920.

Application filed September 1, 1920. Serial No. 407,361.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAX SZAPIAK, a citizen of Poland, residing at St. Michael, county of Cambria, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railroad-Ties, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in railroad ties, and more particularly to the means of securing the rails at their meeting ends to the ties.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a tie providing a chair for the rail and elements combined with the tie to allow from time to time a convenient readjustment of the parts in case they have become loose under the influence of the trafiic.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a substantially cross-shaped auxiliary plate carrying the rail chair and fastening means and allowing a ready attachment to the railroad ties.

With these and other objects hereinafter more fully explained, my invention consists in the construction hereinafter described and illustrated in the drawing, in which-- Figure 1 is a top plan View upon a pair of railroad ties with the device constructed according to the present invention attached thereto.

Fig. 2 is a side view thereof partly in section taken along line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 shows in detail, side and top plan views the lower rail securing element.

A plate 10 preferably made of metal, and having cross-bars l1 and 12, approximately near its ends, is secured to two neighboring ties 13 and 14 by means of bolts 15. Square openings 16 are provided in the plate 10 near the cross-arms thereof on which the meeting edges of two rails 17 and 18 are resting. Angle irons 19 and 20 respectlvely are provided at both sides of the rail and engage with their upstanding flanges 21 and 22 the web of the rail on opposite sides thereof, while bolts 23 are passed through both flanges 21 and 22 and the web 24 of the Iron bands 25 or iron 19 to the plate 10. The outer end of the angle iron 20 is turned downwardly to form a flange 26 and this flange 26 is provided with an opening for the passage of the screw threaded end 27 of an angle iron 28 extending with its upright end 29 through the opening 16 and through an opening in thls upright end 29 a screw bolt 30 is passed, the other end of which is held in a bracket 31 on the plate 10 in front of the band 25. The outer end of the bolt 30 and the end 27 carry operating knobs or nuts 32 and 33 respectively.

From the foregoing description the operation and use of the device will be clear. The plate 10 is secured with its cross-arms 11 and 12 to two adjoining ties and the flanges 21 and 22 of the angle irons 19 and 20 are secured by means of the bolts 23 to both sides of the rail web while the operation of the knobs or nuts 32 and 33 will allow a firm attachment of all the parts. If any of the parts thereafter should become loose under the constant pounding of the wheel flanges of the rolling stock running over the rails, an easy, quick and convenient re-adj ustment and re-securing of the parts by the operation of the nuts 32 and 33 may be effected.

c Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Let ters Patent of the United States is 1. A device of the character described comprising a plate, cross-arms at approximately the ends of said plate, means for securing said cross-arms to two adjoining ties, said plate having openings near its cross-arms, angle irons having upstanding flanges adapted to engage a rail web at opposite sides thereof, bolts passed through said upstanding flanges and the web, one of said angle irons having a downturned flange engaging the outer edge of the plate, means for securing the other angle iron to said plate, and means secured to said angle irons allowing an adjustment and locking of the parts in their respective adjusted positions,

substantially as pose set forth.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a metallic plate, cross arms on said plate adapted to be secured to two adjoining railroad ties, angle irons having upstanding flanges at their'inner ends adapted to engage the webs of two meeting rails at described and for the puropposite sides thereof, bolts passed through said upstanding flanges and the rail webs, a band for securingone end of one of said angle irons to said plate, the outer end of the other angle iron formed into a downturned flange engaging the edge of said plate and provided with an opening, openings in said plate near the cross-arms thereof, and an ad justing screw bolt engaging with one end 'opening in said plate and provided with an opening, and a screw bolt passing through said opening, a bearing for said screw bolt on said plate and an adjusting nut upon the outer end of said last named bolt, sub stantially as described and for the purpose J O set forth.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed in y signature.

MAX SZAPIAK. 

